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Vernon S. Walker Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
2,993 acres14.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
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Outdoors · Shapleigh
Shapleigh, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 22% of Shapleigh is conserved land, roughly 5,706 acres. There are about 35 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Vernon S. Walker WMA (14.7 mi), Waterboro Barrens Preserve (2.1 mi), and Shapleigh Town Forest (1.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Shapleigh, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Shapleigh outdoors
Conserved land
22%
5,706 of 26,198 acres
Trails
35 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
1,917 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Waterboro Barrens Preserve
Nature preserve
673 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Shapleigh Town Forest
Nature preserve
385 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Walnut Hill Preserve
Nature preserve
93 acres0.3 mi of trail
Breakneck Hill Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 10 parks & preserves
Vernon S. Walker Wildlife Management Area2,993 acres · 14.7 mi of trail
Waterboro Barrens Preserve673 acres · 2.1 mi of trail
Shapleigh Town Forest385 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
Walnut Hill Preserve93 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Williams Town Park342 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Shapleigh Woods Preserve258 acres
Goose Pond Overlook28 acres
Shapleigh Fields22 acres
Morrow Environmental Reserve17 acres
Mousam Lake Access8 acres
Who protects the land
5,706 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 419 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 42 of 83 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball1
- Baseball1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Shapleigh and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Shapleigh's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 26.8-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.